Name:
John N., Jr. Deems
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
33675406
Unit:
599th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, Medium
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
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Decoration:
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
John N. Deems, Jr. was born in 192. He was the son of Margaret S. Deems.
John served in the 599th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner on the B-26 Marauder #42-96289 during World War II.
On August 9, 1944, at around 11:45H, his crew took off from Station 492 in Hurn, England, for a mission to bomb a bridge in Pontoise, France. At 13:45H, their plane was shot down by flak. They attempted to crash-land, but they landed in an orchard at a place called La Vaubraie. The incident killed three crew members while the others were injured in the crash and hospitalized at La Pitié in Paris. SSgt Deems was one of the survivors.
Source of information: francecrashes39-45.net